Helpful Research Tips

Print Station Instructions

1. Click the "Print Release Station " button.
2. Swipe your Winthrop ID card or enter your Dacus Library print account username then enter your Dacus Library print account password.
3. Click to hightlight the item to print. Cost will appear on the screen.
4. Click on "Print" button. (If you do not want to print, click on "Delete Job" button).
5. Your Black and White copies will be in the laser printer to the left of the print station, Color copies will print to the right of the print station .
6. 10 cents per page will be deducted from your print account for each B&W page; 20 cents per page will be deducted from your account for each color print .

If you have problems, ask for assistance at the Reference Desk. Do not attempt to handle printing problems yourself.

Tips for Saving Money

Printing from an Internet site

• Under "File" select "Print Preview"
• Determine the pages you want to print by noting the page numbers that appear at the lower left corner of the image (Note: The image can be made larger by clicking on it)
• Click on "Print"
• In the window that comes up, indicate, in "Print range," the page numbers you want to print
• Click on "OK"
• Follow the print procedures listed above.

Printing or E-Mailing from InfoTrac Basic

• After retrieving the full-text of the article you want, click on "Print or E-mail" found on the left side of the screen
• To print, select "Reformat for printing". After reformatting, follow the print procedures listed in the print station instructions above . (Note: If you do not reformat your article before printing, you will print extra pages you do not need)
• To e-mail the article to yourself, type in your COMPLETE e-mail address in the space provided and click on "Submit E-mail Request"

E-Mailing from FirstSearch

• After retrieving the citation you want, click on "E-mail Record"
• Type in your COMPLETE e-mail address in the space provided and click on "E-mail Record"

Saving to Disk

• Place a disk in the floppy drive (Drive A) and click on "File" and select "Save as..."
• In the space labeled "File name", give your document a name followed by .txt
• In the space labeled "Files of type", pull down the screen and select "Plain Text (.txt)"
• Click on "OK"